The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-08

Again we say cut the weeds in
front of your premises.
y A pension has been granted Hor.
lace Phelps, of Larngsburg.
4 Miss Rosa Mendelsohn, of Toledo,
Is visiting at S. Lamfrom's.
Go to Andrus' Hardware for gram
cradles, forks. hay rakes, etc.
L. c. Duff and wife, of Haverhill,
Mass, are visiting in the city.
Geo. Carpenter has recently sold
and shipped several Pointer dogs.
c. S. Williams has had big sale
of Mccormick binders this season.
Chas. Webb, a Bay City horse
dealer, was in the city Wednesday.
p. M. Rowell has finished improve
ments on his house which are neat.
DR.. Bagg is selling blank books at
reduced prices as well as wall paper.
Mrs. L. G. Duff and daughter, Miss
Helen, leave for Petoskey tomorrow.
Chas, Latour, editor of the Detroit
Freemason, was in Owosso Wednes-
day.
Grahame & Connor sold over 900
gallons of ice cream for the Fourth
trade.
Misses Ora and Mamie Shanafelt
have gone to Canton, OHIO, to pass
the summer.
Mrs. Cora Epley Hudson has been
engaged by the school board to teach
in the 9Th grade.
A. d. Whipple, of Battle Creek
and Arthur Stever, of Saginaw, were
In Owosso Sunday.
Ed Wiswel was in the city Wednes-
day. Ed is playing good ball with
the Big Rapids club.
Henry Shellen5arger, of Ashley, is
out with $500 challenge to wrestle
any man in the United States.
Todd & Roper, West Owosso, have
for sale the cheapest wood for the
money to be found in the city.
w. H. Lewis has severed his con-
nection with the firm of Lewis & Son
and accepted position with Law
renee & Son.
~ A. l.. Clemens and H. M. Dresser,
of this city, acted as judges at Bay
City the 4th on the best displays
made by firms in the parade.
The Maple River temperance and
reform society will hold its quarterly
meeting at the church, July 10th, at
o'clock D. m. No morning service.
The grounds of the Toledo and
Ann Arbor road are being put in
good shape. IS car loads of gravel
have been drawn in, and more is to
be brought in and spread at the cross
ings.
Rev. ]. X. Pontius, Of the Evange'-
ical church, has been obliged to re-
sign on account of failing health,
having suffered for some time with a
serious stomach trouble. With his
family he left for Flint Tuesday.
The officers of Owosso lodge No.
88 /. O. o. F. were duly installed on
Friday evening by d. D. G. NJ, H.
w. Martin. This lodge is in very
prosperous condition and reports II2
members in good standing June goth.
\ The Ladies' Aid society of the Dis
? ciples, also the Bennington Auxiliary,
will serve supper and ice cream in
Firenen's hall, this Friday afternoon
and evening, from a TO 9 O'Clock.
Supper 10 cents, ice cream 10 cents.
All are invited.
There will be an installation Of the
officers of Star OF Hope, Re5ekah
lodge, on Tuesday evening next, IN
Odd Fellows hall, TO be followed by
a banquet The members OF the
Degree will invite their families, and
to that extent the exercises will be
public.
The address, we can hardly call II
sermon as no text was taken, OF
Rev. G.. II. Wilson al the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday morning
on ",yhat constitutes practical chris
tianity," was one Of the ablest and
most instructive discourses to which
we. ever listened.
Prof. E. A. Barnes, of Chicago, was
in the city, the early days of the week
but was called back to Chicago, hav-
ing been chosen chairman of the
committee to receive members OF the
American Board of Education, which
is to hold its 1887 meeting in Chica-
GO, opening on the 18th inst.
w. 6. Carson drove into town